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TO STUDY KILLINGS
vrpHE order by Mayor Baker for a
I thorough investigation of the
, I causes that enter into every auto
' mobile accident la a highly in
telligent plan.
In .'Portland within eight days the
same driver ran down and killed a
motorcycle rider, andf in a second
accident, brought a young woman
to death's door. If at the time of
.the first accident a system of rigid
Investigation had been in vogue it is
Zhighly probable that the impressions
received by the driver would have
prevented' the second. The searching
questions and application of authori
tative scrutiny into the 'facts of the
first 'accident would have brought
the driver to a realization of the
' seriousness of such oscurrences and
impressed upon him the importance
. of being careful while at the wheel
of a high power automobile.
,.- But this is not the chief value
of the plan. The chief value is in
. the discovery through searching in
vestigations of the main causes that
I enter into accidents, and in the
J subsequent regulations to be made
for , minimizing these causes.
! Thus, it may be discovered that
. . ... . .. ...
i mexpertencea ana unlicensed anvers
5 are far more numerous than we have
'supposed. We know that an epilep
tic with 6ut four days' experience
was driving a heavy truck on . a
crowded street and nearly killed a
jjwoman. We know that the inexperi
enced 'Owner of a new machine who
. knew nothing about driving was
"saved - from running down a woman
-at an intersection on Washington
r street by the timely act of a
.J policeman. But whit we do not
J know Is how many Incompetents are
driving hither and yon on crowded
J streets hazarding death and destruc
tion at every turn they make.
J . And there are other contributive
' factors that are lost sight of in the
.common belief that speed only is
the cause of accidents. These will
all Come to light and be available
"for dealing with the accident problem
if, for a period, every accident is
oioneiy investigated ana an trie racts
, . made of record.
It is important for the investiga
tions to be intelligent, searching and
i exhaustive. The men conducting
then should have no preconceived
. convictions. Their minds should be
open and receptive, and their purpose
should be to get at the facts, it
"will be well worth Mayor Baker's
. while, to personally insist that there
be nothing perfunctory or haphazard
. In this serious search for the causes
of accidents. ,
If the business is thoroughly and
' intelligently done a high service will
"be, rendered the community.
..a Detroit needs from 1200.000,000
to 1250,000,000 to care fork165,000
inadequately housed people and to
provide such public improvements
as streetcar extensions, sewers and
water mains. Portland is not the
, only city with a housing problem.
CONTRAST WILL DO GOOD
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rT IS within the bounds of possi
bility, that there will be. much
grumbling this winter, especially
In Western Oregon, about the con
dition of the roads. .Wet weather is
coming on and much of the construc
tion work undertaken this year is
far from completion.
' The old road beds have been torn
.up in many places. . While an effort
is being made by the state highway
department and contractors to put
.these torn up sections in condition
tor winter travel it seems hardly
possible to expect a situation without
tnudholes. '- .
is ; & . condition which could
'hardly; have been, avoided frem ji
practical .point of view. The labor
"and'; material supply has bem so
uncertain that contractors can hardly
be blamed for being behind with
their work. ' v;: ,
t". The , road construction program tills
year.- was - In reality too extensive
-for the resources at hand, but in
7iew , of the urgent publio demand
from all sections it can not be. seen
how -it could havt' been ' restricted
Every-part of the state was insistent
that Its. part jOt the system should
be caredfor at once and was" julek
to raise the cry of discrimination
when it thought .Its ' roads were
being deferred. Probably the " siege
of bad roads which seems likely
this winter will In the end be a
good thing. - Enongn good road has
been built so. that the improved
sections will contrast strongly with
the unimproved ones and bring a
better appreciation of the value of
a good road.
Indiana has a farmer who,' with
his neighbors, -attended his own
funeral services a couple of Sundays
ago. He disliked the-idea of a
funeral after his death, secured a
minister, invited In his neighbors and
had the thing attended to while he
was yet in the land of the living.
Having disposed of the troublesome
business,' he 'ft now pursuing; the
usual routine on the farm.
LEND A HAND
WHATEVER Portland may be said
11 lack in community or
If
operative sense may be some
what compensated by the fact
that there is a small group of Indi
viduals In this city who are willing
in any emergency to lend a helping
hand to a worthy measure.
Recently it was brought to light
that a large Industry In the Middle
West desired to locate here but was
held in abeyance while the various
city commissions passed from one to
the other the responsibility of im
proving the chosen site.
It was finally decided after much
delay ' that none of the civio organi
zations had the necessary authority.
It looked as if Portland would lose
another possibility of a large payroll.
At the eleventh hour, when it looked
as if the concern would locate on
Puget Sound, a representative group
of Portland's public spirited men was
called together. The situation was
explained and 25 men subscribed a
large sum for improvements which
would guarantee the industry.
These men cannot be imposed upon
all the time. Their spirit is to be
commended but why not swell this
Bplrit to include every citizen of Port
land instead of leaving it to a small
group?
Why not a definite community or
ganization to encourage factory loca
tion and all the other things that g)
to make a city expand?
Japan. Great Britain, France,
United States and Germany are said
to have entered new and keen com
petition for the world trade In woolly
sheep, quacking ducks, talking dolls
and other automatic treasures of
childhood's Christmas? The other
four all fear Yankee ingenuity and
manufacturing efficiency.
INTERIOR OREGON
A'
NOTE of confidence, a strength
ened hope, a courage embold
ened by large enterprise these
are the findings of the, travelers
in interior Oregon today. In some
mysterious way the central southern
parts of the state seem to have
found the turning, of the lane. ThelM
people are planning progress vigor
ously. Doubt and discouragement
apparently have been laid aside. The
long, weary waiting of settlers on
semi-arid lands appears about to be
rewarded.
At the bottom of all this revived
spirit of optimism is a law. The law
was enacted by the people at the
last general election. It provides
state guarantee of interest on irriga
tion bonds. To pass this law was
like voting millions of dollars of ad
ditional wealth into the pockets of
Orcgonlans.
The law delivers reclamation into
the hands of the people on the land.
It resolutely bars the speculator and
promoter who have given irrigation
a black eye in the past. It says
to the people that if they will organ
ize an irrigation district the Interest
payments on the bonds will be
guaranteed after competent state
authority reports favorably on the
feasibility of the project and the
legal regularity of organization.
So five irrigation projects have
taken form tributary to the short
20 miles, at present constructed, of
the Strahom Central Oregon railroad
system. Nerved with confidence by
the law and strengthened with antici
pation of railroad construction, half
a dozen projects in far away Lake
county are in process of formation
by the people on the land. The
North Unit and other plans of Cen
tral Oregon are being pushed. In
the vicinity of Klamath Falls 40,000
acres, mostly irrigated by the gov
ernment project, produced their crops
of alfalfa this year and many thou
sands more acres will speedily come
under the same productive Influ
ence.
In interior Oregon irrigation was
once associated with pleasant but
futile dreams of impossible growth
of products unnatural to the altitude
and conditions. The people realize
now that the fruit will do well in
sheltered coves, but that on the
broad plateaus the thing t .grow is
alfalfa, and this alfalfa, 4 to 6 tons
to the acre, with two or three cut
tings a , season, has such peculiarly
nutritive value that it fattens and
prepares stock for the market with
out grain.
It has been found that irrigation
must be accompanied by drainage,
but that when it is Intelligently done
there , is little more- doubt of profit
able result than of the marketability
of " gold. " If will pay. Portland to
look: after the business-; that expand-
' " - ' v. t Jr j
tag irrigation in interior Oregon will
offer ?in the next five years.
' t
Ezra Z, ilundy of Metuchen, N.
J, IS years old. the oldest graduate
of Rutgers college and a Republi
can, announces that he will run as
an independent.candidata for gover
nor of New Jersey, advocating 4
mlle speed limit fdr automobiles In
cities, woman suffrage, prohibition,
increase in teacjters salaried lower
taxes, reduction of Jtalarlei -of public
officials, and ran interdpastal ship
canal, which ! platform " ought to
make the. skeeters hum.
MIGHT WORK IX PORTLAND
0'
P AT Spokane, where it is colder
than in Portland, . hotel and
apartment bouse dwellers seem
to be having a difficulty in
keeping warm. They seem to have
been promised heat by their land
lords, but. they contend there is no
heat, or at least not enough. In
remedy the state hotel inspection
department has announced its inten
tion of prosecuting all those places
co-lwhlch advertise heated apartments
and deliver cold ones, upon the
ground of false advertising as inhib-:
lted by the Washington statute.
Oregon, too, has a false advertising
statute. It is a stringent law carry
ing a maximum penalty . of $100
fine of 30 days in jail for its in
fringement , It makes It unlawful.
stating the law in general terms.
"for any person, firm, corporation
or association, , with intent to sell
or dispose of any service or
anything offered to Induce
the" public In any manner to enter
into any obligation relating thereto
" by any false advertisement,
in any way or manner whatsoever,"
which contains "any assertion, repi-
sentation or statement of fact which
is untrue, deceptive or misleading."
It would seem that any landlord
who promised to furnish adequate
heat to his tenants and failed to do
so would be sufficiently "untrue, de
ceptive and misleading" to lay him
self liable to a "fine equivalent to a
few tons of coal or a fejv barrels
of oil or to an involuntary residence
of varying degree in the nicely heated
corridors of the county jail. It would
be interesting to see how a jury
selected from some of Portland's
frigid cliff dwellers would construe
the statute.
If the results were not so tragic
it' would be amusing to note the
unanimity with which automobile
and autotruck murderers when on
trial, consistently limit the speed Of
their Juggernauts to "not any faster
than 12 miles an hour."
A BAS BRICKBATS
P
ORTS of the Columbia serve a
common destiny. They are the
utilities of the nature-formed
gateway to the Orient, Alaska,
South -America, the Atlantio coast
and Europe through the Panama
canal. They are the links of con
nection between the sea and the
great interior basin of the Columbia.
They stand at the opening of the
mammoth cleft carved deep through
the mountains as nature's one, spien-
did, water grade outlet for eastward
points and the Inland Empire.
When ports of the Columbia quar
rel and wrangle over a prestige yet
to be attained and a business yet to
be developed they thwart the pur
poses of their establishment. They
repulse the commerce they seek.
They leave the trade that nature
intended should be theirs in the
unfortunate condition of the ancient
stronghold' which fell before the
enemy "while Its defenders were
fightingout their private differences
within.
The recurrent contention between
Portland and Astoria pleases Seattle
It gratifies San -Francisco. They make
scornful jests and the undignified
Spectacle on the Columbia justifies
their irony. Competitor cities little
fear intrusion on their trade winnings
by a group of ports that quarrel over
the division of business ' before they
get it. The house, divided against
itself cannot stand.
Why not end the inexcusable dis
sension? Wby ',not present to com
petition, on the north and on the
south an unbroken front? Why con
sent to be weak when cooperation
assures strength? Portland has ad
vantages. Astoria has advantages
Vancouver has advantages. Why not
capitalize the opportunity that nature
offers? The ports of the Columbia
will be flooded with business if
that which should come this way in
obedience to natural laws is unitedly
sought A necessity could be created
among the ports of the Columbia for
organization t to distribute and handle
an overplus of ; trade if we could
withdraw the notoriety, that attends
the present, badgering, bullying, boot
less relations between the ports.
If Astoria asks ' Portland to be
broad, let Astoria, also' be broad
Reviling from eithef source is equally
destructive and vicfous. The port1 is
trot all at the mouth of the river
nor is it all at the head of deepsea
navigation. The laws of economy
will govern fairly the ; division of
trade attracted to the Columbia,
Prejudice and unfriendliness will not
; Let Portland, Astoria and, Vancouver
make J olnt statement of their ad
vantages and facilities. Let them
show that on the Columbia, provision
is made to handle any ship of any
draft and any cargo of any size or
character.
; Now tjiat the nabor group" of
the ' Washington conference has
grabbed Its collective hat "and beat
it in' f one 'direction while the , "em
ployer : group has done the same
thing and departed towards an op
posite point , 'of the compass, the
1'pnblle. group" is left In 'its usual
goatish position with, danger' on one
side, disaster on the other and im
pending hell all over and around.
SALES OF SHIPS
OVERSTATED
By Carl Smith, Washington Staff Cor
- . respondent of The Journal. . -
Washington, Oct. 25. Sales of gov-J
eminent Bhips by the snipping Doara are
less extensive than the public has gen
erally supposed, according to figures re
ceived by the -senate committee on com
merce. It has been known that confi
dential statements of the board had been
made showing this condition some time
and Senator Fletcher of Florida has
madepublic a record ot. sales to tne last
of September. This shows the sale of 26
steel vessels, 20 wood and composite ves
sels, five tugs and. one wooden barge.
The total tonnage sold amounts to 217,
207 deadweight, - all sale contracts ag
gregating practically $32,000,000 and
S10,&00,000 received in cash, most of the
sales beine on deferred payments.
It . Is evident from this report that
some of the previous statements issued
from the shipping board offices concern-
ins: the sale of ships were overdrawn.
Stories which indicated the sale of 20 or
more wooden ships in one block were
passed, but It now appears that while
negotiations of these proportions were
carried on, the sales were not reauy con
summated. The senate has adopted a resolution by
Senator Edge of New Jersey, calling
upon the board to send to the senate a
statement of ship sales. Senator Edge
was stirred over a report that an 118,-
000,000 contract for tank ships has re
cently been placed. He wants to Know
Why the shipping board did not fill this
order from shins already buttt. Unoffi
cially, it is understood that the shipping
board asked more for tank vessels than
the bidders were willing to pay. The
beard is offering steel tonnage at from
JZOO to $225' per ton, depending upon
the type.
The federal trade commission has be
gun a campaign against manufacturers
of underwear who are alleged to be de
ceiving the publio by using misleading
trade names, the unlmtiated purchaser
supposing that all wool fabrie is meant,
when the material is actually only part
wooL Among the labels which are al
leged to be deceptive are "white wool.
"blue wool," "Australian wool," "fine
natural wool." "fine wool ribbed," "nat
ural wool random," "pure natural wool,"
Scotch wool," "Saxony wool," "natural
worsted." "suner-cashmere." and "lamb's
wool." Fifteenmanufacturers have been
cited to answer to the charge of unfair
competition, which is prohibited by the
trade commission law.
Houston Thompson, a member of the
trade commission, in hearings before the
house judiciary committee, has urged
the enactment of a law which will in
sure public knowledge of the character
of companies offering stock for sale. It
is not enough, he says, to have this in
formation fUed with the secretary of
the treasury or other officials. He de
clared there should be the future re
quirement that the underwriter must
bring to the attention of the purchaser.
through circulars, letters and advertise
ments, the names of promoters and un
derwriters, the rates of commissions and
bdnuses received for selling the stock
and the net amount which goes to the
issuing corporation.
Chairman Colver of the commission
recently called attention to a stock issue
by a going concern in New Tork, which
was legitimately engaged in obtaining
money to expand Its business, but re
ceived only 40 per cent of the money
drawn from the public, the stock being
sold- at par and the other 60 per cent
absorbed Jn brokers' and promoters'
fees. Mf. Thompson estimated that
$500,000,000 is wasted every year in wild
cat investments, largely because the
public does not have the information
which he suggests it should have
through a federal "blue sky" law. He
asserted that it is just as much a func
tion of government to give this protec
tion to purchasers of securities as to
protect the food and drug supply through
a law which requires the ingredients to
be stated.
Why the sockeye salmon is an inter
national question is explained In a sen
ate document in connection with the
proposed salmon treaty between the
United States and Canada governing
the salmon fisheries in the border wa
ters of Washington and British Co
lumbia. The treaty deals with the pro
tection of the cockeye Ealmon of the
Fraser river system. The Fraser Is a
Canadian river. It Is there that the
fish spawn, but on their way to the
spawning grounds, after they leave the
ocean and enter the Strait of Juan de
Fuca, they spend most of their time In
the American channels among the is
lands of Washington sound. It is esti
mated that 66 per cent of the total catch
Is taken in the waters of Washington.
The Canadians complain that they
have more restrictive laws than- prevail
across the line, and that they ought to
have more of the fish which are hatched
in Canada. The Washington fishermen
reply that their proportion is no greater
than they Bhould have,, by reason of
their fishing area, the capital invested
and their geographical advantages.
tnshermen on both sides of the line
are said to be alive to the fact that con
cessions must be made to protect the
fish more effectively. The Fraser river
sockeye is a four-year fish, so that the
catches every fourth year haVe been the
principal reliance, and a crisis has been
reached, because in 1913, a "big year,"
operations of the Canadian Pacific rail
way obstructed the canyon In which the
fish were running to the spawning
grounds, and only a few-succeeded In
making their objective. This resulted
In a small catch In 1917, which should
have been a "big year," and the fisher
men of both countries are said to desire
Joint governmental action to build up
and protect the Industry. v
The report ef the American-Canadian
fisheries conference, which forms the
basis of treaty consideration, commends
the local fishery interests for "general
and capable assistance," and gives espe
cial mention, among others, to Com
mander Milton Freeman of Seattle, pub
lisher of the Pacific Fisherman, and
Frank Warren of Portland, president of
the association of PacUio fisheries.
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Senator Calder of New York has had
printed In the Congressional Record an
analysis of the-labor provisions of the
treaty with Germany, prepared by Eu
gene E. Smith, editor of Labor Opinion,
Portland, Or. The text occupies approx
imately six columns of the Record. In
presenting it. Senator Calder said i1
-I know there is a widespread feeling
throughout the country that the treaty
should be disposed of at once; but part
13 the labor section) la fraught' with
so much danger to the economic good
of our nation and there is such a 'great
possibility of 'Injury, not only to labor
but to the industry, of the country as
well, that even if tne ratification of the
treaty ia delayed 1 6r another month, this
subject ought to be thoroughly venti
lated."
Famous Words of Famous Women
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Letters From the People .
1 flnminnniMtinni ant to Tha : Journal for
pnbUeuioa in thi department sboaM i b written
n only on jd of tb paper, ahoakt Bot exowd
BOO word la lancta, and aitut B aunea ot u
writer, who mail addnas in full ssust accom
pany, tha coatnendoa) - i
y' Radicals j
Athena, Oct. ZOvTcv the Editor of The
Journal X take exceptions to the con
tention of Mr. Clark, in his letter in
The Journal of October 18. wherein be
expresses the view that Socialists,
"especially" should be denied the pnv
ttege of street meeting. Without a line
of argument or .a: word of reason, he
would abridge the rights of certain men
with views that happen to be adverse
to his, and in the next breath he speaks
of this being a free country, saflng
that people should have the . right to
express their views so long as they are
not "offensive" to others.
"Socialistic ideas -are very "offensive"
to him, and therefore taboo. Again, he
makes the assertion that "Socialists are
I. W. W. in disguise" and radicals and
bad actors, because he speaks of "devil
ish propaganda."
"I admit that some Socialists are more
or- less radical, but you don't find any
reactionaries imonr them. , They- are
men usually with Ideas received througn
the hard knocks of a strenuous life, and
they go forward, not backward, and
uiey are agitators, too.
There have been quite a lot of fel
lows all along the line since man has
robbed and oppressed his fellow man.
There weren't any of them that. I can
find ever treated with much considera
tion by those they "offended." Moses
was about the first, and he had God on
his Bide, to boot. Well, any good man or
woman has God on his or her side. The
first thing Moses , did was to kill a
slave driver, proving he was something;
of a direct-actiomst himself. Did he
prevail upon Pharaoh to release! his peo
Die? Not much. And we have Pharaoh
J ' I
-Mia Donaage btui. ,
Then comeaeoesus, preaching in high
ways, and byways and on street corners.
Andlike many an agitator since, He
hftr no place to lay His head. Oh, He
was radical enough, or He could not
have called them a "generation of
vipers," which must have been very "of
fensive." Besides, He came very near
being a direct-actioni8t when he dealt
with the njoney changers. How would
He deal with the money changers today
that rob the widows and orphans?
F. W. WOOD.
- Resents G. A. R. Action on League
Newport, OcL 21. To the- Editor of
The Journal-In these days of turmoil
and surprises we may look for them
any time and from almost any quarter,
but I was amazed, beyond all measure
when I learned that the national en
campment of the G. A. R. at Columbus
had passed a resolution against the
League of Nations. The G. A. R, is an
organization of veterans of all political
faiths, strictly non-partisan and non
political. t
Mr. Hendershott, Junior vice chancel
lor of the Oregon G. A. R. and member
of the resolutions committee, is in favor
of the League of Nations. The secre
tary is opposed to the League of Na
tions, but opposed the resolution against
it on the ground that it was political.
Their position was right as per G. A. R.
regulations.
Again, on these grounds. It Is an
amazing surprise to see the convention's
open expression against our good presi
dent. It is a mistake.
Again, I was amazed when I heard
an old veteran in Newport say in con
demnation of President Wilson that he
was the chief cause of the labor strikes
and I. W. W. troubles in the United
States.
All this is political rot in the vain
hope of killing off the good work of
President Wilson and his party, pre
paring for the national campaign next
year.
As everyone knows, I am not a demo
crat, but I am firmly convinced that
since the tragic death of the gtat Lin
coln we have never elected a president
that came so near reaching up 10 nis
high standard as does President Wil
son.
This late stand of the national G. A.
R. makes me so m-k I almost feel like
throwing away my b'fton and badges.
i: W. DURKEE;
The Miner and the Farmer
Portland. Oct. 21. To the Editor of
The Journal I notice in The Journal
of a few days ago where the coal miners
ask for a raise in wages and "aHlve
day week, with a six hour day. '-Then,
a few days before that, at a meeting
held by the farmer- composing a grange,
these farmers had rone on'- record
against a six-hour day, saying they
would never consent to such an ar
rangement. So there you are. These
coal miners want 30 hours to consti
tute a week, while these farmers work
from 60 to 90 hours a week, depending
upon whether they are running a milk
ranch, where they must work seven
days in the week. But if these 30-hour
men are nearly alt- foreigners, as I
Judge they are, add never did anything
but mine coal, and if there Is such
money In the business as these fellows
think, why do they not start in the
business themselves? But, I hear . them
reply, they would, but the land contain
ing coal is all taken. But is their course
likely to help thgm to obtain the land,
or even to work it? I should say not.
But about the public? In the prints
a few days ago I saw an article an
advertisement I think it was where the
advertiser wished everybody to adopt his
system or electrical heating. Sure, I
think this is the coming heating System.
Yes, Mr-Advertiser, Just as soon as the
publio can get meat at cost, as they
ought to ; then good bye coal forever-
more. E. O. DABJUNjl.
Interrogates the Antis
Marshfield. Oct 20. To the Editor of
The Journal It seems there is a bunch
of senators trying to defeat ratifica
tion of the League of Nations pact and
4eace treaty, ostensibly because of the
Shantung provision. It seems their feel
ings are outraged because of Japanese
encroachment In China.
I would like to ask The Journal if
One or more of that group ever protest
ed against Germany's encroachment
upon Chinese territory. L
Has Hiram Johnson or one or more of.
tnia group or Chinese sympathizers ever
protested against Japanese encroach
ment in California 1
I would also like to have information
regarding the lieu land act, sponsored
by the late John T. Wilson, United
States ' senator from Washington, and
passed by the United States senate; also,
th- Southern Pacific land grant, the
Oregon road grant the Credit Mobilier
crime. And did ever Wesley Jones. Poln
dexter Knox, Borah or -Keed raise a
voice in protest? i
If The Journal will kindly throw light
upon their attitude and activities re
garding -these great American I crimes'
I . . 1, , A V " .. - '
ik ui prove lnieresunaT as well as prof
itable ' readine to one who la trvine- t
choose from tha above numfthnM t
of presidential 'candidates one whose
tears for poor outraged China are Veal
tears and not tears of the flavor of the.
wwou. - READER.
To Reduce Automobile Aeeldenls
- Portland, Oct 23. To the Editor of
The Journal Your several editorials In
The Journal lately anent the atartHnw
increase in antomobile accidents in this
city was read by - me 'with ' interest
notwithstanding the fact that youJ appar
ently had no remedy to suggest j la my
COMMENT AND
' SMALL CHANGE
rBacay turn backward."
Now .is the open season for bandits.
Bad 'cess to'em. j
. . ,
One year from todw th wit lmnwn
political Pot wiU be boiling, believe us!
Nt "Mlhl
P this (whatever It lay is now. being
Don't airplanes ever have tire trou
bles with those little wheels t hey hop up
and hop down, on? .
v.lf i,1?!? were Belgian republic now,
a! JSriF1.?-, would ve to import the
American "Hooray" in order properly to
whoop er up forAlbert for president.
Another well known French traitor
has been nut out et th wav t,-.
are a few in this country who might
" wain iue piana to ao
vantage.
a m
As we understand the housing situation.-
It Is now as much satisfaction
merely to be put.on 'waiting list as it
uuw io Sei me sweuest apartment
m lug itvuae.
'mm
Besides wheels for rlmnr ami inniii,r
airplanes, it has been ' shown by recent
accidents, need sled runners to shunt
them up the faces of the mountains they
,i, aiiu aaraness.
When you and I wrt mmw v,.
taught the names of the Mediterranean
the Black .sea, the China sea and
a lot of other seis, but the only one we
remember much about now Is the J I. C.
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred Lockley
While on tour In Southern California ilr.
L. ."A. " L?k , .:L "rrvrilrr mZ1
Lockley is a raest at a celebrated ' boetelry and
-J - . L.. . D .tU Ul. 1WWUUU VI' 111 ?WUV. Jl,
U shown about, and thereupon falls .into reverie
in relation to ancient connotations ot what be
sees and bears.
Tommy Herbert is head porter at the
Mission" Inn at Riverside. Today we fell
into Jalk. Tommy told me his wife was
borrin the walled city of Chester, Ent
land. Once again in memory I walked
about that ancient city and looked at
the river that has run red full many a
time and oft In the old days, for the old
wall dates back to Roman days. Once
again I looked back at the plain beyond
the city wall where two armies battled
for mastery. I stood where stood the
English king when he saw his army van
quished. I saw tbe ancient streets.
Near ''God's Mercy House." I saw the
old cathedral, the houses that were old
in Shakespeare's time, houses of time
stained oak and stone.
. Tommy told me of his little girl, who
would soon be 3 years old. He told xqg
that he had come from Caerleon, In
Monmouthshire, Wales.
What memories the name of his na
tive village evoked! As vividly as if it
were but yesterday that I had seen It, I
saw once more the old Roman camp
where Caesar's legions lived and fought
and died. I say the Bull's Head Inn and
the King's Arms tavern and the White
Hart Inn. I said: "When I stopped at
the White Hart inn your mother told me
to give you her love if I ever ran across
you. Your sister Gladys, who waited on
me. sent you her regards. Your dad
wished he could some day come to
America and visit you. -Your old school
teacher, Professor Davies, told me you
were a good student" I told Tommy all
the news of his birthplace, for I saw H
late in the fall of 1918 and he has been
away 15 years.
.
"So -many of my school mates went
away to France and never came back,"
said Tommy. "Both of my brothers
served all through the war and came
back unharmed. Lid yoji to see the
old Roman wall, the boundary of the
city? Did you see the abutments of the
old Roman bridge across the river? Did
you visit the old church?"
"Yes," I replied, "and I saw the old
Roman walls an he Norman additions
to the old church. I spent hours reading
the inscriptions on the' old gravestones
in the ancient burying ground I went
through the museum. I talked to the
children in the school you attended, and
your old schoolmaster had the children
sing some of the old Welsh songa for
me."
"It seems strange that you should
know my birthplace like a native of the
place," said Tommy, "and stranger still
that you should know the old shops and
inns and streets of ancient Chester,
where my wife was born. It's like a
opinion there Is a remedy for this reck
less disregard for life for the auto fiend
and I hereby give it:
j Make it unlawful for any person un
der 18 years of age to drive an auto
mobile. J -
Pass a state law forcing every person
to be, licensed by the state before being
allowed to manipulate an automobile,
this examination by the state to be
mental, physical and mechanical, con
ducted by competent officials appointed
by the state.
fill every person upon being convict
ed, of breaking the speed laws, 24 hours
for the first offense and 10 days for the
second ; no fines tobe levied.-
Pass these laws and enforce them, and
,99 per-ent of the automobile accidents
occurring daily will cease.
AUTOMOBILE DRIVER.
Booze as Gambling Stakes
From the Rceebort Benrlew.
According to a local man who recent
ly served on the federal grand Jury at
Portland, Innumerable cases arise, there
aver the handling of booze and the ma
jority are the outcome of friendly gam
bling debts in the clubs. He cited as
instances that the men in the fashion
able clubs sit and gamble at cards and
that the loser In these games yt. required
to secure a certain amount of booze.
It is then, says the local man, that the
men seen driving their cars containing
the booze on their way through here
are brought into the case. These men
are hireoTby the clubmen and the latter
continue their games, discharging their
obligations when the booze arrives.
"Some Very Nice Barbed Wire"
From the Nation's Bnslness'
Shopping at the army's sales has pos
sibilities out of the ordinary. For ex
ample, one has an opportunity to meet
his requirements for lignite coal, pro
vided he will take a carload. If he has
any neighbors whom he wants to keep
at a distance he may pick up enough
barbed wire of the sort specially made
to stop Germans to fence tightly the
Olden Oregon
Indiana Man, Made Governor in 1S53,
, Regarded as Interloper.
When Governor Lane resigned in 1353
to run for delegate in congress. Secre
tary Curry became governor. This was
satisfactory to Oregon Democrats, a
I-Currr was one of them.
tsuL local
ntaiM were disorganized when President
.nerce sent out John W. Davis of Indl-j
ana with a commission as governor. u
Democracy could not be questioned, aa
lie had been a member of congress,
serving as speaker of the house, and bad
twice been chairman of the Democratic
national convention.- But the Durham
ites, the controlling faction of Oregon
Democracy did not appreciate the com
pliment In 1 the appointment of o dis
tinguished a roan. He was to them but
an imported officeholder. , :
NEWS IN . BRIEF ,
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v"i OREGON SIDELIGHTS
AcRordlnar to nrfsant olans two church
buildings are to be erected at JSuthertln
during tne coming year one oy ww
Methodist andUhe other by the Seventh
Day, AdventlstaV v.
Tradlnr. selUng and transferring real
ata.t atlll aroea on In Grant County.
There has been more business along
these lines, the Canyon City Eagle says,
than lor ute past several years. -Astnria'a
recently orranlied choral SO'
ciety. which is to put on "Elijah" about
the first of the year under the direction
of H. P. Flier, is maklnr rood head
way in its lnlUal rehearsals, the Budget
says. -
With atstlatta tn ho that the Com
acreage of Lane county has actually in
creased 700 per cent since the time when
the first corn show was held at Eugene
four, years ago, there is a growing and
a strong feeling among those Interested
in ue prospeniy ui ui wuuv;,
Guard states, that aomethlTf. should be
done at once toward putUng on the an
nual Lane county corn show sometime
during the latter part or isovemoer.
.
And here Is a perfectly good little
animal story from tha Eugene Register;
"flvA witann At Ktmne has a two-year-
old Durham steer which he has broken
- to drive to a cart, and he has a picture
showing the unusual turnout going down
th atret. The animal, he says, is gen
tle and easily handled, and answers to
the bit the same as a none, it wo
about two months to train him. Mr.
Wilson is a retired sailor, and made the
harness out of rope."
message from home. Let me show you
around the Mission inn. How I wish my
people could visit it! .- It would give
them something to .talk about right."
The Mission inn at Riverside is
unique, distinctive" and has an old-world
charm. Sitting In the courtyard under
the palms and pepper trees in the eve
ning, listening to the plash of the water
in the fountain and hearing the old mis
sion bells chiming the passing hours, or
sitting in the high-vaulted cloister when
the lights are out and when in the semi
darkness you can hear the soft rustling
of the silken banners on the wall as they
ripple in the breese which steals in
through the open window, the hOrologue
of eternity seems to have turned back
to the long-vanished days when 'hooded,
cloaked and sandaled friars ruled and
served the natives of New Spain. Bells
of many tones and metals are here sli
ver bells and bells of bronze whose
metal tongues called the monks to prayer
centuries ago. A few candles, are lit.
and lance head and halberd, breastplate
and helmet, sword and battle ax glint
and gleam In the subdued light and now
as you sit beneath the escutcheons and
armorial devices in a chair of ancient
oak, carved by 1 some craftsman whose
skillful hand crumbled to dust long ere
the white man visited the shores of the
Pacific you hear soft and low the voice
of the organ, which with Its more than
3000 pipes and its harp and cathedral
chimes seems like a voice from the past
Pass along the dimly lit old cloister
walk, with Its huge flat bricks, its niches
in which are paintings or statues of the
patron saints of the old-day missions of
California. Here are paintings of the
21 old-time California missions. Pause
a moment in the baptistery and in Santa
Clara chapel. Look at the subdued light
that comes from the stained glass win
dows. Go into the Carmel room. Stop
and examine the processional crosses
and the reliquary crosses. Scores and
hundreds of crosses are here. What
stories they could tell If they could find
tongues t Shut your eyes and dream of
the past Can you not see, as through
a glass darkly, the life of the old days,
the robed priests, the soft-eyed, dark
skinned Mexicans, with their high
peaked, silver-ornamented hats, with
their velvet Jackets and gaudy sashes?
Can you not see! the lithe, graceful, soft
voiced girls, with their gay zarapes and
holiday attire? In fancy you can hear
the long-silent footsteps of. Fra Junl
pero Serra. Is ;lt the night wind you
hear, or is It the shuffling of many feet
as the Jesuits come In response to the
voice of the bell on whose bronze sides
is the message -"Venl cum pace ; me
resonante pla populo"? From the Gar
den of the Bells to the Court of the
Fountain and on through the patio to
the Oratory of St Cecilia, the whole
i inn is redolent of a vanished age.
whole of his back yard even though it
comprises a township or two. If a light
running vehicle .would meet his fancy,
he may have his pick of 100 buckboards
painted an unobtrusive olive drab.
A man need not be pernickety. He
can let his choice range through steam
boilers, bristle brushes that will clean
pistols or anything else, -gas masks to
hang In the parlor and curry combs.
Live and Learn
From the Hood Wr News.
To live is to learn. The newspaper
report that California needs 20,000 car
to ship her grapes East because prohi
bition has stopped the making of wine.
We must admit that we thought wine
grapes were unsuited for any other pur
pose, but we are evidently mistaken.
Curious Bits of Information
For the Curious
-t-
Gleaned From Curious Place
The Congo and the Amazon, if meas
ured by the volume of water the two
rivers discharge into the ocean, are the
two greatest river In th world. The
great difference between the two is that
while the Amazon is navigable for a
distance of 2300 miles from its mouth,
the Congo contain many falls, around
which portage must be made.
By following the course of th Congo
the whole of middle Africa may be trav
ersed by steam, although only part of
the trip would be made by steamboat
The boat's first obstacle Is 90 miles from
the river' mouth at Matadl. the first
great rapids. Here a 250 mile portage
by rail Is -necessary. . By steamer and
rail one may go 2200 miles up the river
to Bukama. In Its upper, reaches the
river, while wide, 1 very shallow, and
the boats on it have a draught of bu
three feet j From Bukama tbe Journey
may be continued by rail to Lake Tagan
ylka, a body of fresh water 400 mile
long. Down the lake 200 mile by steam
er and by rail across what used to be
German East Africa one come to a sea
port Dar-es-Salaam, on the Indian
ocean, a short distance south of Zanzi
bar. ,
While the Amazon river flow through
low lying country the Congo breaks
through a mountainous plateau to reach
tbe sea.
Uncle 7cff Snow Says :
Them United States senators 1 mighty
keerfttl to ay nothin IsTpartlcriar worthj
mentlenln' in their peechlfylnv' If
a mighty slick and delicate Job, 'to keep
from chuektn' a brick at' the Mermen,
the Japs, the Mexican, th .English and
the Eyetalyun, and have any pep left
in the speech.' That's why so many
fire is kindled nowaday, with Con-
srreMiocal Records and patriotic speeche
thout nobuddy, a-talUn' of the, trouble
.to tear oxz us wrapKr ,
The Oregon Country ;
NortAWMt tlsppealncs ta Brief fora for th
Buy Reader.
' OREGON NOTES - . . ' '
Nine Cars Of bpf attla wam ahlmwtd
from Durkee this week to the Kansas
City market .
Armiatica dav n m K. .H...f
Independence under the auspices of the
American Legion.
William Soavd. a Civil
and for many years a resident of Salem.
a st oesue inursaay.
Representative farmr fmm n sf.
of Morrow county met at Heppner
Thursday and organised a farm bu
reau. '
Ed Plogg, a resident of Dallas, dis
appeared October 12, and officials and
his brother in Portland are trying to
locate him.
Salmon fishermen on the Siuslaw and
Umpqua rivers quit work when the
buyers cut the price from to 7Vi
cents a pound.
The freshman class of Willamette uni
versity has voted to donate a walk to
the university, and has appropriated th
neqeaeary funds.
One thousand gallons of grape wine,
confiscated from Italian residents, were
Smred into the Columbia river .at St.
elens Thursday.
L. H. Linharger. cattleman, has
Just shipped 200 head of cattle from
Creswell to L'klah, Cel.. where thev
will be fed and sold later to buyers iii
that state.
Morrow county was covered with a
blanket of snow Wednesday night Most
of the sheep are out of the mountains
or low enough down to be out of dan
ger of being snowedin.
Sawmills In all sections of Linn coun
ty are unusually busv and a lara
quantity of lumber and railroad tle
are being shipped- from many railroad
points in tne county.
B. D. McLean of "Noti has closed a
contract with the Postal Telegraph com
pany for the delivery of 1&00 cedar poets
on board the cars at Walton.
Thirty-two brakerod Daasnns-vrs were
taken Into custody at Salem Wednes
day. Some of - them wore service em
blems and were en route south to ob
tain employment during the winter.
WASHINGTON
The resources of the citv nt ciitmi!a
total fl41.493.85, and Its liabilities 3163,
9S.3, making net liabilities of $22,
483.03. Evans & Zimmerlee will erect a saw
mill on the old Tumalum grounds on tha
xucannon, near I'omeroy, to cut the pine
forest there.
Jumping from a truck in front of an
auto, John McDonald, aged 10, received
injuries at Tacoma from which he died
Thursday night .
Three deputy sheriffs, after a flrht
with moonshiners near Snoqualmle, con
fiscated 200 gallons of distilled whiskey
ana jiuo gallons or mash.
Wllburn Falrchild. a member of the
state senate since 1912 and prominent '
m railway circles, died at Tacoma
Thursday after a short Illness,
fri. l. , .i . t i ,
aiio BiriAB in uie lumoer ana logging
camps of the Inland Empire, instigat
ed about two weeks ago by the I. W. V., .
was called off Thursday -night
The small son of Deppty Sheriff N. T
Rider was run over by an automohlln
at Rttsvllle and received injuries which
will probably result in his death.
Seattle Is virtually sugarlesa. Jobbers
Bay their stocks are very low, many
retailers are without a pound, and the
manufacture of candy has been stopped.
Mrs. Anna Jordan ws acquitted -at
Yakima Thursday on a charge of mur
dering her husband, Benjamin Jordan.
She is white . and her husband was a
negro.
James J. Read, deputy collector of
Internal revenue at Aberdeen, has been
fined 31625 and sentenced to five years
in orison on charres of embezzlement
and extortion.
Lyman J. Gibson, vice nresldent if
the Yakima Meat company, was Instant
ly killed in that cfty when the rear.
wheel of a truck driven by Roy Mad
den passed over his head.
Judara John B. Davidson at EUenn-
burg has ordered the eschearment to the
state for the benefit of the common
school fund all property held by Thomas
Plesha, an alien, a native of Austria,
By a vote of 111 tn 5. Lynden citizens
have approved a 35000 bond. Issue to nay
the town s share tor trie paving or Mam
and Fifth streets. When these Improve
ments are completed Lynden will hare
every street In the town paved.
IDAHO
Mr. and Mr. J. W. Matthews have
sold their rach west of Star to D. W.
Jone of Plymouth for 110,000.
John Curtis, aged 71. an Inmate of
the soldiers' home at Boise since 192.
ended his life at that Institution by
shooting himself through tbe head.
The body of an unidentified man was
found In the water In Priest river Thurs
day. It is thought to be one of the
men who were drowned in Priest Jkkc
Inn .Tun
A load of ore passes through .Murray
dally on its way to Delta from the
Bear Top mine. The owners expect to
ship several carloads before the present
haul I completed.
After a delay of several month, the
contract for delivering the mail at Pitts
burg Landing, 60 miles from Lewiston.
has been awarded to J. Brewink, and
service began this week.
The Mutual Power, company has ac
quired possession of a power site at
Clear lakes, near Buhl, and will shortly
begin work on the power plant to
be erected there. The consideration was
143,000.
GENERAL
San Francisco i paying 10 cents a
dozen for eggs, while New Yorker ar
taxed 31.10 for the same number.
The Belgian parliament ha been dis
solved by a royal decree dated at Los
Angele. CaL, October 17.
One hundred and twenty-five wooden
ships constructed by, the Emergency
Fleet corporation were In operaUon Au
gust 7, 1319.
The election of new deputies to suc
ceed the lower house of the wartime
parliament will be in full awing tn
France next week. ,
go acute baa become the rice situa
tion In the Philippine Island that the
government ha placed an embargo on
all stocks of the cereal In the archi
pelago. Steve Regan, assistant United States
attorney at Ketchikan, Alaska, was shot
and killed Thursday. A man named Pat
Hhannahan is held charged with , tbe
murder.
A conference of chamber of com
merce of Pacific eest ports to plan a
campaign for getting more merchant
vessel for the west coast baa been
called by the San Francisco Chamber
of Commerce..
Fire on Thursday destroyed Artillery
ball, headquarters and storeroom of the
Princeton unit of the field artillery
reserve officer' training corn, with a
low to th government of fiO.OOO.
NOBODY HAS TO TELL
, . -.THIS MA
HerKrtbws From Experience
What Journal "Want" .
Ads Will Do
B. Trlgttad, 1111 Campbell atreet,
proved to hi own satisfaction that
Journal "want" ad pay. He Inserted
the following "want" ad: , ' v
HKaVT nickeled eat beater; (nod ft 'flew,
with eHwa, 312 deUfered. raoM.Wood
bwn 411.
. The. first day the ad appeared the
heater was sold. But, that wasn't
an. All day long the calls kept com
ing. "It seemed that everybody read'
The j; Journal and they all wanted
L heating .oves." ald Mr, TrUjstad
when he telephoned m to have him
adverUsemanl stopped. "I believe I
could have sold out a toe factory.
If you have any used furniture or
stove people want them, and nearly
eVery one read Journal "want" ads.
Phone your ad to Main 7173 or A
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